Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Veteran journalist is dead
Veteran journalist Dharam Shourie, 72, died after a prolonged illness, July 29. Shourie came to the United States in 1989, as the United Nations correspondent for Press Trust of India. Before that, he served in New Delhi with the PTI.
According to news reports sourcing family members, Shourie had been ill for the last two months and was hospitalized two weeks ago. He died from multiple complications.
"It's really a sad day for all of us in the journalism world that we lost Dharam sahib," said New York based photojournalist Jay Mandal.
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According to news reports sourcing family members, Shourie had been ill for the last two months and was hospitalized two weeks ago. He died from multiple complications.
"It's really a sad day for all of us in the journalism world that we lost Dharam sahib," said New York based photojournalist Jay Mandal.
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Labels: journalism, journalist, journalist dead, photojournalist, photojournalist jay mandal, veteran journalist dharam shourie
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Rare Gandhi recording found in Washington, D.C.
A rare recording of a historic speech by Mahatma Gandhi, one of the only two of him speaking in English, made a few months before his assassination has been found in Washington.
It had been lovingly preserved for 60 years by John Cosgrove, a former president of the National Press Club in the U.S. capital, who discovered the significance of the recording during a chance encounter with Rajmohan Gandhi, Mahatma's grandson and biographer.
Cosgrove's copy came from Alfred Wagg, a journalist who recorded the speech in New Delhi and produced four 78-rpm LPs that included both Gandhi's voice as well as Wagg's own commentary about the man revered as Father of the Indian Nation, the Washington Post reported July 1.
The speech made on April 2, 1947 is one of the only two occasions when he was recorded speaking in English, Rajmohan Gandhi told Cosgrove when he came to the National Press Club last April to promote the Mahatma's new biography. The other speech about religious issues was recorded in the 1930s.
Millions of people around the world think they have heard Mahatma Gandhi speaking in English - although it was actually Gandhi channelled through the voice of actor Ben Kingsley in the famous 1982 movie by Richard Attenborough.
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It had been lovingly preserved for 60 years by John Cosgrove, a former president of the National Press Club in the U.S. capital, who discovered the significance of the recording during a chance encounter with Rajmohan Gandhi, Mahatma's grandson and biographer.
Cosgrove's copy came from Alfred Wagg, a journalist who recorded the speech in New Delhi and produced four 78-rpm LPs that included both Gandhi's voice as well as Wagg's own commentary about the man revered as Father of the Indian Nation, the Washington Post reported July 1.
The speech made on April 2, 1947 is one of the only two occasions when he was recorded speaking in English, Rajmohan Gandhi told Cosgrove when he came to the National Press Club last April to promote the Mahatma's new biography. The other speech about religious issues was recorded in the 1930s.
Millions of people around the world think they have heard Mahatma Gandhi speaking in English - although it was actually Gandhi channelled through the voice of actor Ben Kingsley in the famous 1982 movie by Richard Attenborough.
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Labels: assassination, historic speech, John Cosgrove, journalist, Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi, Rajmohan Gandhi, Washington
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
What Senator Barack Obama might learn from Emily Dickinson
In 1880, a journalist called Horace Redfield published a book about homicide rates in America. He found that states belonging to the former Confederacy had a murder rate four to 15 times higher than that of Northern states.
"In Kentucky that year there were more homicides than in the eight States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota," Redfield wrote in "Homicide: North and South," referring to the year 1878. "In South Carolina that year there were more homicides than in the eight States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, and Minnesota."
Redfield's access to good data was limited, but his findings have been replicated many times in the last century. Whites living in rural areas in Southern states still have a homicide rate 1 1/2 times higher than that of their Northern counterparts, said Matthew Lee, a Louisiana State University sociologist. Poverty exacerbates the risk of gun violence: The homicide rate among rural whites with an annual income of $20,000 is nearly three times the rate among rural whites with an income of $50,000.
Redfield was not running for president, but he showed more caution in his book than presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), who suggested at a recent California fund-raiser that economic deprivation in small-town America caused people to turn to guns, religion and xenophobia.
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"In Kentucky that year there were more homicides than in the eight States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota," Redfield wrote in "Homicide: North and South," referring to the year 1878. "In South Carolina that year there were more homicides than in the eight States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, and Minnesota."
Redfield's access to good data was limited, but his findings have been replicated many times in the last century. Whites living in rural areas in Southern states still have a homicide rate 1 1/2 times higher than that of their Northern counterparts, said Matthew Lee, a Louisiana State University sociologist. Poverty exacerbates the risk of gun violence: The homicide rate among rural whites with an annual income of $20,000 is nearly three times the rate among rural whites with an income of $50,000.
Redfield was not running for president, but he showed more caution in his book than presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), who suggested at a recent California fund-raiser that economic deprivation in small-town America caused people to turn to guns, religion and xenophobia.
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Labels: America, Emily Dickinson, homicides, Horace Redfield, journalist, learn, Senator Barack Obama, States of Maine
Thursday, May 1, 2008
'Voice of Indians in America: Gopal Raju, High Quality Editor, Glory-averse, Self-effacing
Pioneer,Trail-blazer, Visionary, Astute, Indomitable, Brilliant, Transformational journalist, Passionate, Bridge-builder, Courageous, Fearless. Determined. Steadfast. Possessor of messianic zeal. Philanthropist. High Quality Editor. Glory-averse. Self-effacing. Reticent. Dapper dresser, Quirky. These are some of the qualities attributed to Gopal Raju in several published eulogies and tributes.
Gopal Raju was all that and more. You pick a positive adjective and place it before his name, it would be a tight fit.
Grief and sadness at a loss can be overwhelming, but Gopal and I often talked about the way Irish handle the inevitable (at least the Irish wakes I have attended). The family and friends gather at a church for the mass. Then some proceed to the cemetery for burial. Afterwards they gather in a restaurant or at home to celebrate the life of the deceased with drinks and foods. Each life is to be celebrated.
There is lot to rejoice about Gopal's life and his work. Just pick a copy of the last week's Indian newspapers or visit the Web site of the South Asian journalist's Association to read about his outstanding contributions to advancing journalism, promoting Indo-U.S. understanding, championing community causes and encouraging our participation in the political process.
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Gopal Raju was all that and more. You pick a positive adjective and place it before his name, it would be a tight fit.
Grief and sadness at a loss can be overwhelming, but Gopal and I often talked about the way Irish handle the inevitable (at least the Irish wakes I have attended). The family and friends gather at a church for the mass. Then some proceed to the cemetery for burial. Afterwards they gather in a restaurant or at home to celebrate the life of the deceased with drinks and foods. Each life is to be celebrated.
There is lot to rejoice about Gopal's life and his work. Just pick a copy of the last week's Indian newspapers or visit the Web site of the South Asian journalist's Association to read about his outstanding contributions to advancing journalism, promoting Indo-U.S. understanding, championing community causes and encouraging our participation in the political process.
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Labels: desi talk, Gopal Raju, Gopal's life, gujarat times, journalist, Pioneering publisher, promoting Indo-U.S., South Asian journalist's Association
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sangath gets MacArthur Foundation 2008 international prize
Sangath, a non-profit, delivers health care and other services in Goa. It was recognized earlier this month with the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation international prize for Creative & Effective Institutions for 2008. It was one of 8 organizations from 6 countries to receive this award.
"Sangath plans to use the prize money ($350,000) entirely to achieve one of its longstanding dreams: to build a center for child development, mental health and public health research," in Porvorim, Goa where its current offices are, the organization says on its website www.sangath.net. Being rooted in the community, Sangath has also urged people to help it find a reasonably priced plot of land to build the center.
Founded in 1996 with just seven staff, it is now considered the largest and most successful health related NGO in Goa, with more than 80 employees providing services, conducting research, and running training programs. Its managing committee includes a lawyer and writer, a psychiatrist, a medical epidemiologist, an educationist, a child rights author, and a leading journalist all directed to the mission of carrying out innovative research to promote health, and to directly provide services, counseling, and models of health care to serve those who live in Goa.
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"Sangath plans to use the prize money ($350,000) entirely to achieve one of its longstanding dreams: to build a center for child development, mental health and public health research," in Porvorim, Goa where its current offices are, the organization says on its website www.sangath.net. Being rooted in the community, Sangath has also urged people to help it find a reasonably priced plot of land to build the center.
Founded in 1996 with just seven staff, it is now considered the largest and most successful health related NGO in Goa, with more than 80 employees providing services, conducting research, and running training programs. Its managing committee includes a lawyer and writer, a psychiatrist, a medical epidemiologist, an educationist, a child rights author, and a leading journalist all directed to the mission of carrying out innovative research to promote health, and to directly provide services, counseling, and models of health care to serve those who live in Goa.
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Labels: awards, delivers, Goa, health care, journalist, MacArthur Foundation 2008 international prize, public health research, Sangath
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